PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. – The Peoria County Coroner says a Mapleton man likely died instantly after a crash earlier this week.
Jamie Harwood says an autopsy reveals 31-year-old Kyle Jepson suffered multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
Peoria County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Smithville Road near Largent Creek Tuesday just before 11:30 A.M. on reports of damage to a culvert.
But property owners in the area discovered a vehicle on its top that crashed in the nearby woods and ended up about 40 yards away from the road.
Jepson was found inside the vehicle with no signs of life, and pronounced dead at the scene just before 12: 45 P.M.
The sheriff’s office says the crash may have occurred at around 9:00 P.M. Monday when nearby residents heard a tree falling.
The crash continues to be under investigation.
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